The Swimming Song

It has been a wonderfully cool summer! I am really enjoying it. I just don't do well in hot weather. It was warm enough to take the grandkids swimming at my cousin's house this week. We had a good time! It brought to mind a song I know about swimming, written by Loudon Wainwright III. You can hear it here. 

The Swimming Song

This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath and I kicked my feet 

And I moved my arms around

I moved my arms around.

This summer I swam in the ocean

And I swam in a swimming pool

Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes

I'm a self-destructive fool

I'm a self-destructive fool.

This summer I did the back stroke

And you know that that's not all

I did the breast stroke and the butterfly

And the old Australian crawl

The old Australian crawl.

This summer I swam in a public place

And a reservoir to boot

At the latter I was informal

At the former I wore my suit

I wore my swimming suit.

Oh, this summer I did swan dives

And jack-knives for you all

And once when you weren't looking

I did a cannon-ball

I did a cannon-ball!

Avery and me. We're both pink.

In the hot tub. They loved the hot tub.

Volleyball. Ethan had a great time playing with the other kids that were there.

And he made some new friends.

Selfie. Edited a bit. 

I couldn't decide which one I liked best, so I posted them both.